pressed glass

American  

noun

1. molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.

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Etymology

Origin of pressed glass

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Other pieces are in the basement, with the couple’s collection of American pressed glass.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

Through much of the 20th century, pressed glass items were popular collectibles and affordable gifts, with factories flourishing in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

That piece was a 1920s pressed glass beaded flapper necklace made by the Neiger brothers in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

The galleries, leased from Playboy Enterprises, contain the company’s longtime stock of realist and folk-art paintings and antiques like Chinese export porcelain, Victorian pressed glass and 1810s tables with eagle feet.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2011

Among its manufactures are machine-shop and foundry products, window glass and pressed glass ware, and grist mill and planing-mill products.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various